Thread: Side imaging bream beds

I have found lots of beds with mine. And most of the time will use a 14 to 16ft rod to drop a Ky rig in there. Use a rubber band on the sinker. And it allows me to work the bait but not move the sinker. Do the same on crappie and bass.
Heres a shot in 6ft of water showing the beds and you can see the fish on the beds. White spot in the bed = fish


Beds next to an old road bed.

Pete

Wish I could my structure scan to get some clear images in that shallow of water. I will hand it to hummingbird they really do put out some great looking images.

Just remember that the greater the SI Range setting = the smaller everything looks in the SI image ...



Rickie

Works really well with si and 360.a lot of the time, there will be more than one bed in the same area. Also, I'm finding beds far out from the bank. There are beds out on ledges that come up shallow out in the main Lake areas.

Wow, I never anticipated a response this strong! Thanks for the information and the great images. It seems to me that in these pics the lake bottom looks darker as you get towards the outside edges which I presume to be the bank. Does a darker color indicate rising terrain or just softer bottom? I know on my 597DI bright spots are hard bottom. I can make out some fish in some of those beds, will you guys usually zoom in and look to see if the beds are occupied or just fish them and see?

I am really excited about side imaging, I think it is going to be revolutionary for me. Get the grease hot!

I use it all the time for catching Gills. Won't go on the water without the si unit. Here is a bed in summer that I zoomed in on. I pulled 4 or 5 off of it and went onto next. I just cruise the shore looking for beds....almost too easy. Another pic is of a deep water bed where nobody was home....but I have it marked so will return this spring.

Regards

Do you think so few people will use and get good enough with this technology that it won't make a significant impact on fish populations?

It seems like the engineers are on such a role with this stuff now...in a few more years will it get so nothing is missed?

I'm just old enough I still wrestle with some of it.

These units will help you find fish. But you still have to catch them. Looking forward to seeing how much better the New Helix 10SI does over the old 987-CSI. Should limit out in a few weeks on Pickwick lake. Everyone is beating the banks for Big Bream. I move out 10 to 15ft deep and find the deeper beds. And Those big fillet size ones start rolling in.
Pete